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Fitzwilly’s long arc back to St. Patrick’s Day
Fitzwilly’s owner Fred Gohr mans the bar on a festive occasion. He’s been the proprietor since 1988. CONTRIBUTED
Published: 3/12/2021 4:12:46 PM
Three days from Saturday, March 16 will mark one full year since “normal life” ended abruptly for Fitzwilly’s restaurant in Northampton.
“Most years on St. Patrick’s Day,” explains owner Fred Gohr, “the Northampton St. Patrick’s Association has breakfast at the Hotel Northampton and then the whole contingent marches to Fitzwilly’s, where we have Irish music and a great party.”
“Last year we had 20 kegs of Guinness, a couple cases of Jameson’s Irish Whisky, and we were gearing up for a great celebration when BOOM the rug got pulled out from under us.”
Arnold’s Meats asks customers to aid in ‘Restaurant Rescue’; promotion touts wholesale customers hurt by COVID
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
Posted Jan 08, 2021
8/20/2020 -Chicopee- Larry Katz is the President of Arnold s Meats, the 2021 Reader Raves winner of Best Butcher. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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CHICOPEE Arnold’s Meats knows its wholesale customers restaurants that order meat for their customer’s plates are hurting, and it wants to help out with a “Restaurant Rescue.”
Starting this week, and probably for all of 2021, Arnold’s is selling gift certificates from its restaurant customers at its markets on Grattan Street in Chicopee and Shaker Road in East Longmeadow.